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Originally Posted by quasi
To answer the original question, yes it's over rated to an extent. It's not useless but over rated for sure.
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I respectfully disagree with you quasi (but I'll thank you anyway
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My experience entails 18 years in business, with the last 10 years in management. I took a couple of college marketing courses but never finished my degree. After 4 years in business, I was making pretty good money while most of my friends who went to business school were just entering the workforce. My 5th year in business was quite profitable, just over 6 figures while most of my friends started in entry level management positions making about $40k/yr.
Fast forward ten years (2010), and these 3 guys are working high level management positions at a Pharmaceutical company, another at Coca Cola, and another at HP. These guys are making $150k+ a year, have full pensions and stock options (where applicable) and are traveling the world. Now I'm not doing too bad myself, but while I've stagnated in my career, they have no ceiling. In the end, no one can ever take away your degree, and in many situations, having that degree is the difference between having a future in a company, and working in Data Entry till your 45 and miserable. My buddy at Coke says they don't hire anyone in high level management without a degree. That says something right there.
I've been looking into taking an early retirement and heading to law school. At 36 years old...
I wish I did it when I was 20 and had no kids, as opposed to now with such a busy life. But it's going to be well worth it, getting out of a dead end career (in sales).